Hay Fever

Skye (she/they) is thrilled to be returning to The Human Race Theatre Company! Hailing from the great state of Michigan, Skye is a soon-to-be graduate of Wright State University’s BFA acting program, and has a deep passion for comedy and playwriting. Her recent professional projects in Dayton include Dracula: A Feminist Revenge Fantasy, Really, (The Human Race) Julius Caesar, and 5 Lesbians Eating A Quiche. (Magnolia Theatre Co.) Skye has been engrossed in the theatre scene at Wright State University for the past four years: she is the artistic director of the Jubilee Directing Lab Theatre and produces original plays, runs improv comedy nights, and plays electric bass in her rock band! Some of her favorite projects from Wright State include Lungs, Everybody, Puffs, and most recently a gender-bent exploration of True West. Shout out to the Hodgkin 5! @skye.hodgkin

Char (they/them) is excited to be making their Human Race Theatre debut with Hay Fever! They hold a BFA in Acting from Northern Kentucky University (2021). A graduate from Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park’s Teaching Artist Training Fellowship (2024) as well as the Ensemble Theatre Professional Acting Apprenticeship (2024-2025), they work as a teaching artist with Cincinnati Actor’s Studio and Academy (CASA), American Legacy Theatre (ALT), and Ensemble Theatre of Cincinnati focusing on long form improv and improv fundamentals. Recent acting credits include: Guildenstern in Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead at CASA, Van in The Last Will And Testament of Madison Giles at Ensemble Theatre of Cincinnati, Crow in America’s Favorite Feminist with Ghostlight Stage Company, Dudley/Kudu in It’s FRITZ at Ensemble Theatre of Cincinnati, and Mr. Collins/Kitty Bennet/Mrs. Forester in Pride and Prejudice… Kind Of… with Dayton Drunk Theatre.

Jen (Clara) is thrilled to be back at The Human Race Theatre Company, where she made her professional debut over 30 years ago! A graduate of Wright State and a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association, Jen is originally from St. Louis and has lived and worked in Chicago, New York, and now calls Cincinnati home. Some favorite roles include Dotty in Noises Off at Great Lakes Theater and Idaho Shakespeare Festival; Mrs. Hubbard in Murder on the Orient Express at Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park and Indiana Repertory Theatre; Virginie in The Man-Beast at Know Theatre; Gwen in Rapture, Blister, Burn at Ensemble Theatre; Jaques in a musical As You Like It at Cincinnati Shakespeare; and Harper in Angels in America at HRTC, also directed by the great Bob Hetherington. Jen has also written and performed two one-woman shows at the Cincinnati Fringe Festival. Love to her costar and brother Jared, Jop & Janie, and Jason & Max for their constant support.

Teri is thrilled to be back! Teri’s past HRTC shows include Reindeer Sessions (World Premiere) A Christmas Story & Three Tall Women, directed by Marsha Hanna. Regionally, Teri has performed in Misery (Public Theatre) Wife of a Salesman (Contemporary Theatre) been in 7 productions at actor Jeff Daniels’ Purple Rose Theatre Company (4 World Premieres including last season’s comedy My Mother and the MI/OH War). Additionally, Teri has acted on stages at Actor’s Theatre of Louisville, Kentucky Shakespeare Festival, Meadowbrook Theatre (Kong’s Night Out regional premier with “Laverne & Shirley’s Cindy Williams) several Detroit area theatres (Detroit Rep, Tippingpoint, Williamston) as well as many Chicago theatres, including Court and Piven (directed by Shira Piven). Selected film work includes Dark Waters, I See You, Unsinkable, Aftermath, Jack Reacher, Super 8 and Love & Other Drugs. Teri can currently be seen on the streaming programs “American Rust: Broken Justice” (Amazon Prime), “Bad Guardian” (Lifetime) & “Archive 81”(Netflix). She has also narrated 270 audiobooks (titles on Audible) and serves as a Society of Voice Arts & Sciences Voice Arts Awards Juror. Training Roosevelt University, Chicago and Stella Adler, NY. Proud Member Actor’s Equity, SAG-AFTRA. @tericlarklindenitsme For Dave & Sam.

James has been seen locally at several theaters in shows ranging from Dial M for Murder to Parade to The Mystery of Edwin Drood, and most recently as Matt Dillon in Gunsmoke. He spent a decade with the Theatre at Monmouth (Maine) performing Shakespeare – starting as servants and murderers and graduating to such roles as Iago and Shylock. He worked for many years in Boston at both the Lyric Stage and Merrimack Rep, performing Ayckbourn farces, more Shakespeare, and other plays including a pre-Broadway run of Monday After the Miracle. In Wisconsin he was artistic director of the Festival Theatre in St. Croix Falls, helped preserve their historic theater, and aided the creation of a local arts center in an historic barn. He has also worked as a mathematics teacher, and helped coach state mathematics teams in both Minnesota and Ohio to national awards.

Kieran is honored and excited to make his Human Race debut. Past credits include Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women (Portland Center Stage/Playhouse in the Park), King James (Know Theatre), A Christmas Carol (Playhouse in the Park), Dial M For Murder (TheatreSquared), and One Gay Wedding and Absolutely No Funerals (Cincy Fringe). Kieran would like to thank his family for all of their love and support, especially his wife Stephanie and their delightful daughter Mary. He would also like to thank you for coming and out and supporting live theatre, isn’t it wonderful being all together?

Philip (Myron Arundel) is elated to be making his Human Race debut! A Dayton native, he currently serves as Executive Director of TheatreLab Dayton. Philip holds a BFA in Musical Theatre from CCM and has spent much of his adult life performing in national tours and regional productions across the country. In addition to performing, Philip is a composer/lyricist; his most recent show, The Big Gay Jamboree, ran Off-Broadway at the Orpheum Theatre and earned him a Drama Desk nomination for Best Lyrics. All my love to Chris and the family for their support. And Lucy who won’t see this. Cheers!

Evelyn is absolutely delighted to be back at the Human Race. Evelyn is a Musical Theatre Major at Wright State University, and is originally from Saint Louis, Missouri. She has been involved in productions around the Saint Louis area including MUNY, Variety Children’s Theatre, COCA, and many others. This fall you may have seen Evelyn as Drusilla in Kate Hamill’s Dracula at the Human Race. Some other favorite credits include Rent (MUNY), Much Ado About Nothing (Wright State), A Streetcar Named Desire (Tennessee Williams Festival St. Louis), Joseph and The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (MUNY), Carrie (Wright State).

Jared is perfectly enchanted to return to Human Race Theatre Company after last appearing in AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS.  He has worked regionally and in New York at Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Ensemble Theatre, Cincinnati Shakespeare Company, Cincinnati Opera, The Carnegie, Wings Theatre, Algonquin Theatre, NYC and CINCY Fringe Festivals, Arrow Rock Lyceum, The Muny, Festival Shakespeare St. Louis, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, and he has been blessed to work with both his Sister and his Father.  He is also honored to have worked for companies that have since closed their doors – Diogenes, Insight, The New Theatre, Historyonics and Stone Soup Theatre just to name a few.  As a proud member of Actors Equity, Jared would like to thank all of you who continue to support live theater and the amazing Theatre Companies that make it all happen.  Support the Arts!